PLAYS NYC ALBUM RELEASE SHOW JULY 26 AND HEADLINING US, UK AND EUROPEAN TOUR THIS FALL

DEBUT LP DELIVERY PRODUCED BY JOHN CONGLETON
OUT JULY 13 ON ROUNDER RECORDS

Toronto, ON – June 22, 2018 – Less than a month before the release of her John Congleton-produced debut LP, Delivery (July 13/Rounder), Mikaela Davis has unveiled two songs that pay homage to an early musical influence while simultaneously catapulting her towards her future. The video for her recent single, Other Lover, premiered Wednesday with a Ladygunn Q&A. Today, she reconnects with one of her early songwriting loves with a passionate cover of Elliott Smith’s, Half Right. Mikaela will play Baby’s All Right in New York City on July 26 to celebrate her album’s release, and will follow that with a headlining, 22-city tour in the US, UK, and Europe. Full tour dates below. Watch, Other Lover, and read the Ladygunn Q&A here, and on YouTube here.

Says Mikaela of Half Right, “First year of high school on the school bus; I was sitting in front of my now-longtime bandmate Alex listening to my iPod. He asked what I was listening to and proceeded to scroll through my library. I agreed to let Alex put all new music on my iPod which led me to discover many artists like Sufjan Stevens, Ben Folds, Saves The Day... among them was Elliott Smith. I was floored by his work and I actually stopped writing music altogether for a few years until I rebuilt confidence in my own songwriting ability. Elliott has been a big influence and I'm excited to share my version of Half Right!”

Ladygunn has praised Mikaela as “blending ethereal, acid-soaked Polaroid images of the 1970s with a David Lynch-ian dreamscape.” Other Lover was named as WXPN’s “Gotta Hear Song of the Week” and was featured on Spotify’s Fresh Folk playlist when it was released June 1.  The first single, Delivery was included on New Music Friday and other hot Spotify playlists as well. Watch the video for Delivery here.

Read a Q&A with Mikaela at Girlboss on her music and self-care habits here.

Mikaela crafts sweet and salty songs that twist, float, and constantly surprise. Delivery shows off her wise-beyond-her-years songwriting abilities as well as her classical training – it straddles the lines of folk and funk, AM rock and 80s pop experimentation. Delivery was produced by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Future Islands, Angel Olsen) and it's already been hailed by Uproxx as "a sonic and stunning 10-track, genre-bending record."

Mikaela just wrapped up a month-long, sold-out national tour with Lake Street Dive and has previously toured with Bon Iver, San Fermin, the Punch Brothers, Watkins Family Hour, The Staves and more.

TOUR DATES:

July 26 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby's All Right

August 11 – Rochester, NY – Abilene Bar & Lounge

September 19 – Utrecht, NL – Tivoli Vredenburg

September 24 – Baden, CH – Royal

September 25 – Dudingen, CH – Bad Bonn (w/ S. Carey)

September 26 – Paris, FR – Le Pop Up

September 28 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso

September 29 – Brussels, BE – Witloofbar

October 1 – London, UK – Omeara

October 2 – Manchester, UK – Soup Kitchen

October 3 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club

October 4 – Glasgow, UK – Hug & Pint

October 5 – Bristol, UK – Louisiana

October 10 – Allston, MA – Great Scott

October 11 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom

October 13 – Philadelphia, PA – MilkBoy

October 15 – Washington, DC – DC9

October 16 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle Backroom

October 19 – Nashville, TN – The Basement

October 21 – Indianapolis, IN – The Hi-Fi

October 23 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry

October 24 – Chicago, IL – Schubas Tavern

October 27 – Toronto, ON – The Drake          

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